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Topic: Songs about communication, like phone, letter...

1) THE LETTER by "The Boxtops"
2) PLEASE MR.POSTMAN by "the carpenters"
3) COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN by "Led Zeppelin"
4) RETURN TO SENDER by "Elvis"
5) CALL ME by "Blondie"

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Re: Songs about communication, like phone, letter...

Hey Gitaardocphil!

Hangin' On The Telephone - Blondie

Letter From America - The Proclaimers

Telephone Line - E.L.O.

Why Don't You Write Me? - Paul Simon

...for starters off the top of me 'ead! More later when I think of them!

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Re: Songs about communication, like phone, letter...

Please read the letter by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Sign Your Name by Terence Trent D'Arby

Message to you Rudi by The Specials

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Re: Songs about communication, like phone, letter...

867-5309 - Tommy Tutone

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Re: Songs about communication, like phone, letter...

Great topic doc! These are always fun.

Honey Won't You Call Me- Hank Williams Jr.
Call Letter Blues- Bob Dylan
Tear Stained Letter- (I heard it on Johnny Cash's America album, I'm assuming its his)
Hypnotize- The White Stripes ('I wanna hypnotize you baby on the telephone...')
Death Letter- Son House
Dear John- Hank Williams

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Re: Songs about communication, like phone, letter...

Jesus on the Main Line - I don't recall who did it.  It's a 30's era country gospel song.

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Re: Songs about communication, like phone, letter...

Yeah Leiven, another thought provoking post. You're the man!
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*Call Me By Name by David Allan Coe

*Send A Picture of Your Mother by Johnny Cash

*Send Her My Love by Journey

*If I Could Read Your Mind by Gordon Lightfoot  (telepathic communication)

*(Read it in the)Sunday Papers by Joe Jackson

*Talk Dirty To Me by Poison (verbal communique)

*Talk About Me by Toby Keith

*Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours by Stevie Wonder

*Tell It Like It Is by Aaron Neville

*Talkin' In Your Sleep by The Romantics

*Shout by Tears for Fears

*Signs by Five Man Electrical Band

*You Talk Too Much by George Thorogood

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Re: Songs about communication, like phone, letter...

Sylvia's Mother by Dr Hook I think

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Re: Songs about communication, like phone, letter...

Message to You, by the BeeGees
Operator, by Manhattan Transfer
Operator, by Jim Croce
Never There, by Cake
Fire and Rain, by James Taylor
Kilkelly, by Peter Jones
Never Mind, by Stephen Herreid

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Re: Songs about communication, like phone, letter...

Please Call Home by Greg Allman
Talk Dirty In Hawaiian by John Prine
Grandpa Told Me So Kenny Chesney

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Re: Songs about communication, like phone, letter...

Big Blue Note - Toby Keith
I Just Called to Say I love you - Stevie Wonder
Callin Baton Rouge - Garth Brooks

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Re: Songs about communication, like phone, letter...

And the greatest telephone song of all time. (can't remember who cut the record)

MY DINGLELING!

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Re: Songs about communication, like phone, letter...

banana phone by raffi!!!

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Re: Songs about communication, like phone, letter...

Call Me - Blondie

Texas Flood - Steve Ray Vaughan

Whichata Lineman - Glen Cambell

Pay Phone in Paradise - The Luster Brothers [bluegrass tune]



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Re: Songs about communication, like phone, letter...

Message In a Bottle - Police

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Re: Songs about communication, like phone, letter...

She's talking again - Henry Phillips & Cristy Lee
If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot

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Re: Songs about communication, like phone, letter...

NELA wrote:

And the greatest telephone song of all time. (can't remember who cut the record)

MY DINGLELING!

nELA

Chuck Berry is the one I've heard it by. Awesome song smile

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